Alcohol Related Boating Incidents

It’s no secret that the Water Patrol Division of the Highway Patrol will be out in force over the next couple of weekends with the Shootout this weekend and Labor Day next weekend. The main focus of the effort, according to Captain Matt Walz, will be to try continuing a trend that has seen more responsible boating behaviors when alcohol is involved…

Typically about half of the fatalities on the water in Missouri are alcohol-related. Here in the Lake Area, heading into the next two weekends, there have been two boating fatalities and four drownings which are numbers the Water Patrol are hoping will not change.